Mark Twain

A notable quote from Mark Twain, illustrated by Seymour Chwast—number 103 in a weekly series. Submit a quote in the comments (or on Twitter or Facebook), and it will be considered for a future column. For more Seymour Chwast, check out The Last Word, his illustrated column in Print magazine, available from MyDesignShop.com.

A notable quote from Mark Twain, illustrated by Seymour Chwast—number 96 in a weekly series. Submit a quote in the comments (or on Twitter or Facebook), and it will be considered for a future column. For more Seymour Chwast, check out The Last Word, his illustrated column in Print magazine, available from MyDesignShop.com.

A notable quote from Mark Twain, illustrated by Seymour Chwast—number 85 in a weekly series. Submit a quote in the comments (or on Twitter or Facebook), and it will be considered for a future column. For more Seymour Chwast, check out The Last Word, his illustrated column in Print magazine, available from MyDesignShop.com.

Mark Twain, America’s foremost humorist, used to rail about grammar and spelling: …simplified spelling is all right, but, like chastity, you can carry it too far. – The Alphabet and Simplified Spelling speech, December 9, 1907 Twain argued that American English is a mongrel language: “I don’t see any use in having a uniform...